A closer look

Showreel

Here be the showreel that I handed in for my degree show:

New lighting, sort of...

I have here some pictures rendered out with the new lighting, sans depth of field and other enhancements.

They show promise.

Production Still Ish

Here be a picture which shows off how I want my film to look more or less. I do want the final piece to have darker shadows and less light reflection off of the walls though.

upload for nixie

Have a look at what I knocked up.

A more finished... shot.

Yes!

Dancing Cthulhu

Well, I thought I'd pose Cthulhu so I could determine whether his texture was good enough. Basically, I'd like to be at least 80% happy with it and I'm not! I'll fix it tomorrow though.

Pirate

Well, the pirate is more or less finished now. Here he be, jim lad!

Pirate

Pirate 360 sans texturing.

Mental Ray...

If anyone knows how to fix this really annoying shading problem, don't hesitate to contact me.

Update.

Happy Valentines Day to one and all.

That said, here be my finished model of 'Cthulhu'. He's lacking a displacement map for the skin detail and a texture map for the colours but this is basically what he'll look like.

Take a goosy gander:

First!!111

Basically, for my Masters Project I'm making a story about a Pirate Hobo and a Cthulhu-inspired sea monster. After watching some David Attenborough and remembering the head of the good old Netherdrake, I decided to see what a shark head looked like on my monster:



It's alright, but I've been told I should stick with the original Squid head:
















Hopefully this will be the first post of many, documenting how my film will come into fruition.
Buh bye for now.